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Who has had a worse fall from grace then Paterno? In either sports or in general

Posted by amoxy (aka amoxy) Jul 24 '12, 12:38

I am having a tough time thinking of anybody else

Responses:

Nickelback - Beryllium Jul 24, 13:16 2
- this is how - groiny Jul 24, 13:18
- this! -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 24, 13:18
Phil Spector -- nm - peglegpete Jul 24, 13:15
Dixie Chicks. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 24, 13:14
Lance Armstrong may get there. -- nm - pmb Jul 24, 13:06 9
- Eh, cheating is just cheating. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 24, 13:08 8
  - besides, a better example of that would be Ben Johnson -- nm - zork Jul 24, 13:09 7
    - or Sosa -- nm - oblique Jul 24, 13:09 6
      - McGwire. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 24, 13:10 5
        
        Agreed. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 24, 13:11
        
        Johnson was a world-wide disgrace, not just in the US -- nm - zork Jul 24, 13:11 1
        
        I barely remember that one. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 24, 13:12
        
        I put Sosa as a bigger fall only because of the corking -- nm - oblique Jul 24, 13:11 1
        
        but McGwire was well liked by just about everyone. - groiny Jul 24, 13:14
Roscoe Arbuckle -- nm - peglegpete Jul 24, 12:58 1
- *nods* -- nm - zork Jul 24, 12:59
Hitler -- nm - zork Jul 24, 12:56
Mel Gibson -- nm - Other David Jul 24, 12:55 1
- Another good one -- nm - amoxy Jul 24, 12:58
Michael Jackson -- nm - zork Jul 24, 12:54 3
- Agreed. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 12:55 2
  - its not like all his records were burned, never to be played again, yeah he took some hits but stayed out of jail and was making a comeback -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:06 1
    - just his hair? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 24, 13:08
Judas -- nm - zork Jul 24, 12:52
Glen Campbell, though not worse than -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 12:52
Jim Thorpe -- nm - peglegpete Jul 24, 12:50
Pete Rose? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 24, 12:49 2
- He's a notch right below OJ...but a good choice. -- nm - Jim Jul 24, 12:52
- that's a good one. -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 12:49
OJ? -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 12:44 6
- This may be the only one. -- nm - Jim Jul 24, 12:45 5
  - Axl Rose -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 12:47 3
    - Axl never really did anything horrible though. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 13:01 2
      - This was my attempt at humor via juxtaposition -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 13:25
      - I dunno - Chinese Democracy was pretty bad -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 13:16
  - Yes. Agreed -- nm - amoxy Jul 24, 12:46
Judas -- nm - CQ Jul 24, 12:43 1
- Adam -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 12:43
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Caligula -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 12:40
Father Marcial Maciel, who founded my little brother's religious order. - loosilu Jul 24, 12:40
Tricky Dick -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 12:39 9
- Yeah, at least he attempted to rehab his image in later years - amoxy Jul 24, 12:42 8
  - His family seem to be making a go at it -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 12:43 7
    - PBS (I think) was suggesting that if he wasn't embroilled in the watergate paranoia, we probably would have had a national healthcare system -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:01 6
      - I don't think this is right. Ask Trish, she and I saw the same documentary where he got news that Kaiser was rejecting claims to earn more money - Max Jul 24, 13:30
      - He had some great ideas. - amoxy Jul 24, 13:07
      - I'm confused... my brain switched to talking about Paterno in my last post -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 13:05 2
        
        JoePa was involved in Watergate? Who knew? -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 13:05 1
        
        that mofo got his fingers in EVERYTHING!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Jul 24, 13:19
      - whoa. double tragedy. -- nm - zork Jul 24, 13:04

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